Firmware information disclosure via XOR and static password
Published Dec 2, 2025 · Updated Dec 2, 2025
Inadequate encryption in Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E firmware before 9.0 allows local users to read firmware image contents. Update files use an XOR transformation and a static password, allowing the bundled fwimaker decoder to convert an encrypted FWI image into a decryptable ZIP archive. Access to a firmware update file is required; signature verification still prevents modified firmware from being accepted.
Summary
What happened
Inadequate encryption in Sprecher Automation SPRECON-E firmware before 9.0 allows local users to read firmware image contents. Update files use an XOR transformation and a static password, allowing the bundled fwimaker decoder to convert an encrypted FWI image into a decryptable ZIP archive. Access to a firmware update file is required; signature verification still prevents modified firmware from being accepted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-41743
- Published
- Dec 2, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Sprecher Automation
- Product
- SPRECON-E-P
- Classifications
- CWE-326, T1140
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 2, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0 <9.0
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Public exploit references
- SPRECON firmware update-file decoding proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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